Acting
Ivan Mosjoukine
Born September 26, 1889 · Kondol, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died January 18, 1939 · aged 49
Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin, usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor, writer and director. Born in Kondol, in the Saratov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Penza Oblast in Russia), Ivan Mozzhukhin was the youngest of four brothers. His mother Rachel Ivanovna Mozzhukhina (née Lastochkina) was the daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest…
Known For
Loves of Casanova · 1927Loves of Casanova
★ 6.31927
MovieDramaAdventure
Republic of Venice, 1760. Pursued by a vengeful husband, the intrepid womanizer Casanova, who symbolizes the decline of the city and its fall into debauchery, manages to escape and, by a circuitous route, arrives in Saint Petersburg, where he will be involved in the many plots that threaten the throne of Czar Peter III…
Kean · 1924Kean
★ 6.51924
MovieDrama
By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, particularly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the ambassador of Denmark. Elena loves him too but hesitates to give up her rank in society and follow Kean. On the other hand, Anna, a rich heiress who refuses to marry Lord Mewill, the husband chosen by her parents, confesses her love for Kean and decides to become an actress like him... The aristocrats, outraged by Edmund's profligate ways, decide to boycott his performances and his career is broken. Kean does not recover from such a blow and, on a stormy night, dies in Elena's arms.
Father Sergius · 1918Father Sergius
★ 5.31918
MovieHistoryDrama
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
Casanova · 1934Casanova
★ 8.01934
MovieComedyDrama
Talkie remake of a 1927 silent about the adventures of the notorious womaniser and venetian adventurer Chevalier Giacomo Casanova. Action starts in Venice and then the plot takes Casanova to France and Russia.
The Queen of Spades · 1916The Queen of Spades
★ 5.41916
MovieHorrorDrama
While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order. One of Narumov's friends, Hermann, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.
The Late Mathias Pascal · 1925The Late Mathias Pascal
★ 7.01925
MovieComedyDrama
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.
Natasha Rostova · 1915Natasha Rostova
1915
MovieDrama
Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.
The 1002nd Night · 1933The 1002nd Night
★ 5.51933
MovieDramaAction
An Arabian prince falls in with a group of downtrodden rebels and faces the wrath of an unsympathetic sultan whose wife he is also romancing.
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Father Sergius · 1918Father Sergius
★ 5.31918
MovieHistoryDrama
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
Prince Kasatsky, later Father Sergius
Natasha Rostova · 1915Natasha Rostova
1915
MovieDrama
Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.
Anatole Kuragin
Les Ombres Qui Passent · 1924Les Ombres Qui Passent
★ 10.01924
MovieRomanceDrama
Directed by Alexandre Volkoff, 1924
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